That's what happens when you have a talentophobia, draft bad, don't trade expiring contracts, make terrible signings etc.

They might've changed their tune but it might be too late. Most teams have better pieces than the Lakers.

Laker fans like to think their players are valuable but in all honesty only a few players have some value.
What makes Farmar more valuable than Marcus Williams and Kyle Lowry? Nothing, in fact on the contrary, both those guys have more value.
What makes Turiaf more valuable than Paul Milsap or Craig Smith? Again, absolutley nothing.

So, it's Odom, Bynum and Kwame really who can perhaps get us something better yet Lakers are treating those pieces as gold and don't want to risk or give "too much" in any trade.

Too bad. But we"ll see. It looks like they've somewhat changed their opinion but I get the feeling that those guys live in a completely different world as opposed to everyone else.

I'd say that's pretty close too with the exception that I would throw Radman into the mix as well. I think teams would be interested in Kwame just because of the lack of big men and he does have a good defensive presence. Radman can be a deadly outside shooter last season he just couldn't stay healthy. I think there are a lot of teams that would like to have Bynum. How much they would like to have him all depends on what they would need to give up in return.